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Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

#AnambraDecides: Gunmen kill six policemen 48 hours to poll (Updated)

Palpable tension and disquiet have gripped security operatives who are on election duty in Anambra State, as six of their…
From right - Oyetola, Oduah, Dapo, Bagudu, Obi: Some Nigerians mentioned in Pandora Papers. Code of Conduct Bureau says he is investigating them. (Photo credit: Premium Times)

Pandora Papers: Code of Conduct Bureau probes Oyetola, Peter Obi, others

Isha also solicited the cooperation of public officers on effective conduct of verification of asset declaration.
Justice Aniele, a pastor with Assemblies of God Church bags life imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14 year- old- girl

Woman jailed 15 years for murdering her 5 children

The prosecution alleged that she had first sedated the children and then drowned or suffocated them one at a time.
NSCDC

NSCDC deploys 350 personnel, 15 vehicles for Anambra election

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, said it is deploying 350 personnel for the forthcoming…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Gunmen abduct four women in Niger

The Police Command in Niger on Thursday confirmed the abduction of four women by gunmen at Haske Dabara community, Agwan…
Sanwo-Olu at the site of the collapsed 21 storeys on Gerrard Road Ikoyi

Toyin Ayinde heads Lagos panel on collapsed 21-storeys

The panel which will probe the remote and immediate cause of the collapse of the building has 30 days to…
The collapsed building

Collapsed building: Lagos races against time as death toll soars to 29

The hope of getting more survivors in Monday's collapse of 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State is dim as death…
L-R Nurudeen Ibrahim and Salami Adetayo

Ijebu-Igbo Lottery agent convicted in Kwara for cybercrime

Justice Akinpelu sentenced Adetayo, a self-styled lottery agent from Ijebu Igbo to six months imprisonment with an option of fine…
NAF said the air strikes degraded the capacity of bandit networks operating in Zamfara to manufacture and employ improvised explosive devices

Dozens of bandits dead in military air strikes in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Government, on Wednesday, said that dozens of bandits had been neutralized and their camps destroyed by air…
Gunmen:

Gunmen kill 7 in Adamawa community

The assailants launched the attack on the community at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday.
ICPC Boss, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye

ICPC, DSS arrest 48 Lecturers, others over leakage of JUPEB Examinations

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48…
The suspect Mojiyagbe Olamilekan

Shocker: Ogun man Olamilekan stabs wife to death

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Mojiyagbe Olamilekan, 24, resident of Oke Ola in Ode Remo for allegedly stabbing…
The convicts

Ex-LG staff Stephen, two others land in jail for cybercrime

Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Ajewole Ayomide Stephen, who claimed to…
The dollars found in an apartment

Court reserves ruling on final forfeiture of $899,600 found in Abuja apartment

Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday reserved ruling on the application by the Economic and…
Residents of Uteh Community in Edo State protest over inability of management of NDDC to complete a road contract in their area since 2014.

Edo community laments neglect of road project by NDDC

The road leads to 12 communities and was awarded for rehabilitation to a contractor by NDDC in 2014.
Court jails Jonathan Best for racially abusing Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka ( pictured above) on Facebook for missing penalties the Euro 2020 final

Euro 2020: England fan jailed for racial abuse of Saka, Sancho, Rashford

When approached by a Facebook friend to remove the grossly offensive content, Best replied: ‘It’s my profile, I can do…

Security operatives seal Plateau Assembly complex

The Plateau State House of Assembly complex has been sealed by security operatives as the two parties laying claim to…
Adam Mohammed jailed for N1.9m scam

Kaduna car dealer Adam Mohammed jailed for N1.9m scam

He converted proceeds from the sale of a Mercedes Benz car of a client to his personal use
The convict

Lawyer Ajoku sentenced to 7-year jail term for perjury, fabrication of evidence

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced a lawyer, Kenneth Chukwuemeka Ajoku, to…
Director of Environmental Health/Operations, Mrs. Helen Ohaka and other officials speaking with traders during RIWAMA sensitisation visits to markets in Port Harcourt

RIWAMA campaigns against blockage of drains in Rivers

Obuah warned that further acts of indiscriminate dumping of wastes would attract arrest and prosecution of defaulters by sanitation Marshals.
Cart pushers: Two cart pushers die in a fight over who should carry some goods purchased by a trader at Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State.

How 2 cart pushers died in fight over N200 in Aba

As the fight raged, people intervened, but the men refused to heed the pleas of the owner of the goods…
Sanwo-Olu speaking at the scene of the collapsed building

Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu sets up panel, gives them 30 days deadline

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday issued 30 days deadline to the Independent Panel of Inquiry he set up…
Police

Mixed feelings trail heavy security deployment in Anambra

Residents of Awka, the Anambra State capital have expressed mixed feelings following the deployment of heavy security to the state…
Police debunk reports that it directed its personnel in Kogi going to Anambra for governorship election to pay N10,000 as transport fare

Anambra poll: Kogi Police denies imposing levy on personnel

The Command described the report of imposition of levy on police personnel for transportation to Anambra as false.
Gunmen

Gunmen kill two policemen on duty, cart away AK-47 rifle

Gunmen opened fire on two policemen who were on stop and search duty on Tuesday night.
Emergency responders evacuating a dead body from the ruins

Sanwo-Olu hits scene of building collapse; death toll rises to 22 (Video)

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday night visited the scene of the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi.
Jimi Benson donates 80-bed hospital to Ikorodu community

Jimi Benson brings 80-bed hospital to Imota

"The Contractor in charge of the project has assured that a fully-equipped medical facility will be delivered in the next…
Bola Tinubu: Chicago State University issues statement

Tinubu breaks silence on collapsed 21-storey building

The APC leader said government must get to the bottom of the ghastly occurrence
Operatives of Amotekun Corps rescue five people from kidnappers in two overnight operations at Akure South LGA of Ondo state.

Amotekun nabs herbalist with coffin, dismembered body in Ogun

Two suspected ritualist killers, Dare Banjo a herbalist, and Toheeb Talubi, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State…
The suspects and items recovered from them

20 suspected internet fraudsters smashed in Cross River

The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, has arrested 20 suspected internet fraudsters in a…